Check Point Advisories

Meltdown/Spectre Multiple Browsers Speculative Execution (CVE-2017-5715; CVE-2017-5753; CVE-2017-5754; CVE-2018-3639)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0011
Date Published:	4 Jan 2018
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 July, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 CVE-2017-5754 CVE-2018-3639
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Multiple CPUs
Vulnerability Description	A CPU speculative execution vulnerability exists in multiple processors. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability using JavaScript code. Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary virtual memory.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Meltdown/Spectre Multiple Browsers Speculative Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Meltdown/Spectre Multiple Browsers Speculative Execution